Hog-poke.



PATENTED AUG. 13, 1907.

T. L. DOUGLASS.

HOG POKE.

urmcnxon rum: AUG. 29. 1906.

772mm; .Lfiazglass,

[NI/ENTOR W1 TNESSES A fro/av VS THE NORRIS PETERS co., WASHINGTON, n. c.

UNITED STATES PATENT oEEIoE.

THOMAS LINN DOUGLASS, OF RALSTON, OKLAHOMA TERRITORY.

HO G-POKE Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 13, 1907.

Application filed August 29,1906- Serial No. 332,508.

I following is a specification.

This invention has relation to hog pokes and it consists in the novel construction and arrangement of parts as hereinafter described and shown.

The object of the invention is'to provide a hog poke of simple and durable construction which is adapted to be applied to the head of the animal and which is so constructed as not to interfere with the head and jaws when eating, drinking, etc. The poke, however, is provided with attachments which engage the upper or lower strands of wire of the fence should the animal attempt to jump or crawl under the same. As above intimated the poke is so constructed as to permit freedom of movement of the jaw and at the same time the poke is so arranged as to remain properly positioned upon the head Without turning or twisting thereon In the accompanying drawings:Figure 1 is a View illustrating the poke applied to the head of a hog. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the poke.

The poke comprises the throat latch 1 which is preferably a stout leather strip and the remaining portions of the poke may be constructed of sheet metal or wire. The nose band 2 is made in two sections of which the upper section 3 is provided at its lower ends with the pins 4 and the lower section 5 is provided at its upper ends with elongated openings 6 which receive the said pins 4. As the said band 2 fits over the nose and substantially midway of the jaws of the animal the elongated openings 6 permit the sections 3 and 5 to move relative to each other as the jaws of the animal open and close while it is eating. The pins 4 are retained in the openings 6 by the washers 4 which are attached to the ends of the said pins and bear against the outer side of the lower section 5. The top strip 7 is bifurcated or spread laterally as at 8, 8 at its ends and the said bifurcations are attached to the throat latch 1 and the nose band 2. The said strip 7 lays over the top of the center of the head of the animal and the bifurcations 8, 8 lying fiat upon the forehead and nose of the animal prevent the poke from turning upon the head. The under strip 9 is similar in construction to the strip 7 and is attached to the under sides of the throat latch 1 and nose band 2.'

The ends of the said strip 9 are also bifurcated or spread laterally and perform the same function as the bifurcations 8 of the strips 7 The hook 10 is attached at its forward end to the section 3 of the nose band 2. The said hook lays on top of the strip 7 and is adapted to engage the lower wire of a fence when the animal attempts to crawl under the same. The hook 11 is attached at its forward end to the section 5 of the nose band 2 and extends under the strip 9. The said hook 11 is adapted to engage the top wire of a fence when the animal attempts to crawl or jump over the same.

I claim 1. A hog; poke comprising a throat latch, a nose hand composed of sliding sections, strips connecting the upper and lower portions of the throat latch and nose hands together, and hooks attached at the nose band and terminating short of the throat latch.

2. A hog poke comprising a throat latch, a nose band composed of sections connected together and adapted to move relative to each other, strips connecting the upper and lower portions of the nose band and the throat latch together, and hooks attached at the nose band and terniinating short of the throat latch.

3. A hog poke comprising a threat latch, a nose band composed of sections one section having at its ends pins, the other section having at its ends elongated openings which receive the pins, strips connecting the upper and lower portions of the nose band and throat latch together, and hooks attached at the nose band and terminating short of the throat latch.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto atfixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

THOMAS LINN DOUGLASS.

Witnesses GUY K. MARSHALL, C. N. EVOENHOE. 

